WELCOME

I, Jason Cordero, am a painter of the landscape. At present, I am concerned with the Wilderness, not so much as a place, but as a manifestation of the ethereal, a freedom from the known, the constructed. A dual identity, both empirical and subliminal, it is the Horizon - an illusion of the imagination, a portal to something other.

The Mountain and the Sea, the Lake and the River are sanctuaries, thresholds through which the transcendent can be felt. From the caress of a cloud upon the summit, to the glint of a pool upon the beach, the Other can be experienced. Intertwined and inseparable, the land pressures the sky, as the sky sculpts the land. Gathering libation offered by the sea and held by the winds, the peak is fashioned by the river, doubled by the lake and all are received by the sea. A circadian rhythm of end and beginning.

It is a sublime one craves. We can only glimpse such from our harbours, in suspense and dreaming, breathing through the gates whatever is offered. I mearly provide an echo of my encounters, a shadow of my memories.

Please browse through the painting archives, news and other information above, my curriculum vitae can be found below. For a quick link to view my most recent exhibition, click here.

BORN

Adelaide, South Australia, 10 October 1973

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Visual Arts,
South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia, full time 1992-1995.

EXHIBITIONS

2010 (forthcoming) BMG Art, Adelaide

2009 "Flight" Dickerson Gallery, Sydney
2008 "The High Place" Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
2007 "Doors of the Sky" Dickerson Gallery, Sydney
2007 BMG Art, Adelaide
2007 "The Secret Place" Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Fleurieu Biennale Invitational Exhibition
2005 Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
2005 BMG Art, Adelaide.
2004 Marlene Antico Fine Arts, Sydney
2003 Bendigo Bank Tattersalls Art prize
2003 BMG Art, Adelaide. (mixed artists)
2001 Vanessa Wood Fine Art, Sydney
2000 “Vast” Lawsons Auctioneers, Sydney (invited group exhibition)
1999 Greenhill Galleries Adelaide.
1997 Greenhill Galleries Adelaide. (mixed artists)
1996 Inaugural Helpman academy Exhibition, Adelaide Festival Centre
1995 “Exit” Graduating Students exhibition, South Australian
School of Art. University of South Australia.

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PRIZES/AWARDS

2010 Finalist - GloverPrize for Tasmanian Landscape

2009 Highly Commended - Heysen Prize for Interpretation of Place
2009 Finalist - King's School Art Prize
2009 Finalist - Waterhouse Natural History Prize
2009 Highly Commended - Glover Prize for Tasmanian Landscape

2008 Winner - People's Choice, Fleurieu Biennale Art Prize
2008 Finalist - Fleurieu Biennale Water Prize
2008 Finalist - King's School Art Prize
2008 Finalist - Fletcher Jones Prize
2008 3rd Prize, Catagory A: Painting - Waterhouse Natural History Prize
2008 Finalist - Glover Prize for Tasmanian Landscape

2007 Winner - Viewers Choice, 2007 Heysen Prize for Australian Landscape
2007 Finalist - Tattersalls Club Art Prize
2007 Winner – Greg Waddle People’s Choice Award, Glover Prize for Tasmanian Landscape.

2006 Winner - 2006 Heysen Prize for Australian Landscape
2006 Highly Commended – 2006 Tattersalls Club Art Prize

2005 Winner - Viewers Choice, 2005 Heysen Prize for Australian Landscape
2005 Finalist 2005 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize
2005 Tattersalls Club Art Prize (invited)

2004 Finalist 2004 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize
2004 Finalist 2004 Fleurieu Prize
2004 Tattersalls Club Art Prize (invited)

2003 Short listed, Brett Whiteley Traveling Art Scholarship
2003 Bendigo Bank Tattersalls Art prize (invited)

2002 Finalist, Brett Whiteley Traveling Art Scholarship

2001 Mosman Art Competition (selected)

2000 Finalist 2000 Fleurieu Prize

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BIBLOGRAPHY

2009 Asian Art News (March/April 2009) "A Prize to Conjure With". Christine Nicholls
2008 Melbourne Art Review (10-11-08)"Jason Cordero - 'The High Place'" . Emma Kirsop.
2006 Adelaide Review - Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale Plus. John Neylon
2005 Adelaide Review (04-02-05) "Explorer Finds a Likely Anchorage". John Neylon.
2005 Adelaide Advertiser (12-02-05) "Capturing the Force of Nature". Adam Dutkiowicz.
2004 Sydney Morning Herald (25-05-04) Spotlight-Visual Arts.

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COLLECTIONS

Parliament House, Canberra
Gippsland Art Gallery
Hahndorf Academy
Various private collections throughout Australia